Construction of vamp for patterned shoes

ABSTRACT

An improved construction of patterned shoes comprised of injection or punch molded vamp; the vamp being formed with the pattern of a face and body of an animal or a figure, and 3D organs including eyes, nose, and mouth and a pattern being printed on the outside counter and waist to highlight the style of the animated animal or the figure for the patterned shoes to become even more life-like and vivid.

CROSS-REFERENCE

This is a continuation-in-part of the co-pending patent application Ser.No. 10/975,408.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Technical Field of the Invention

The present invention is related to a patterned shoes, and moreparticularly, to the vamp of the shoes that is more life-like, designedwith more a lovely style to upgrade the sense of value of the shoes, andwhich are suitable for wearing indoors and outdoors without beingsubject to place or weather conditions as observed with the fluffyslippers which have animal designs or the injection rubber shoes usedfor outdoor wear during raining days.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

Patterned shoes, particularly children's shoes, generally available inthe market usually have various patterns directly printed on the vamp orthose patterns are stamped on the vamp many times. In either way, itfails to present 3D effects; therefore, the animated animal, or figureon the vamp gives a dull and monotonous impression rather than alife-like and vivid appearance.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,957,507 discloses a shoe upper which has an outsidesurface having first ornamental theme, the first theme being formed inthree dimensions, with art work coincident with the three dimensionaleffect, and an outsole below the shoe upper including a bottom surfacefor engagement with a walking surface, and a peripheral area extendingabout the bottom and mating with the upper. Although the U.S. patentteaches the provision of “three dimensional pattern” on the vamp, thepattern is only printed on the vamp. Hence, the so-called “threedimensional pattern” is only one with slight changes in height andcannot provide a three dimensional effect.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide an improvedconstruction to the patterned shoes with 3D styles of animal or figureto further make the patterned shoes more vivid and life-like to upgradethe sense of value and attractive appearance of the patterned shoes. Toachieve the purpose, the vamp is molded by injection or punch, and thevamp is provided with an animation of an animal or figure with 3D organsincluding eyes, nose, ears, and mouth for the vamp and the lower edge ofthe vamp to display 3D effects. To make the pattern and animation morevivid and life-like, plastic materials in different colors the vamp inthe course of injection or punching is made in different colors onvarious areas on the vamp.

The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief instruction to thepresent invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of thepresent invention as well as the invention itself, all of which willbecome apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detaileddescription of the invention and the claims should be read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specificationand drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similarparts.

Many other advantages and features of the present invention will becomemanifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to thedetailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which apreferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of thepresent invention is shown by way of illustrative example.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIGS. 3 through 14 are preferred embodiments of the present inventionshowing the vamp with animated twelve Chinese signs in the form ofanimals.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and arenot intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of theinvention in any way. Rather, the following description provides acoincident illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of theinvention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made inthe function and arrangement of the elements described without departingfrom the scope of the invention as set fourth in the appended claims.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the present invention is related topatterned shoes 100 essentially comprised of a vamp 1 molded byinjection or punching and a waist 2. A graphic of an animated face of ananimal, a figure, or a cartoon adapted with 3D eyes 11, nose 12, ears 13and mouth 14.

The method of manufacturing vamps according to the present inventioncomprises the following steps:

1. Preparing a mold for a vamp, the molds being provided with shapes ofthe vamp and three dimensional patterns of animals, plants or figures;

2. Injecting melted colored plastic material into the cavity of the moldto form an integral vamp.

Then, the vamp is further processed to form a shoe.

The patterned shoe comprises a vamp which is integrally made andprovided with solid decorative patterns. The vamp is positioned at thefront portion of the shoe. Alternatively, the vamp is arranged at thefront portion of the shoe and extends from two side portions to the rearportion of the shoe so that the vamp can be joined with the sole to forma shoe.

The patterned shoes 100 has the design of the vamp 1 extending to itslower edge to highlight the 3D design out of a specific position inconjunction with different colors for the style of the shoes to be morevivid and life-like, thus the kid wearing the shoes to look cute.

The style of a butterfly emphasizes its eyes 11 and mouth 14 asillustrated in FIG. 1; and the style of a zebra as illustrated in FIG. 2add the fun of the shoes and increase the sense of value in giving avery vivid impression that can never be achieved by simply binding apattern to the vamp as found with the prior art.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 14, the 3D style allows unlimited varieties totell the stories of the realistic life and the folk customs and legends.Twelve Chinese signs in the form of animals in ranking order areavailable to appear on the vamp of the patterned shoes of the presentinvention. Among those twelve animals, dragon is the only exception thatis not found in the real life; however, it gives wild imagination.Furthermore, super-realistic cartoon figures may be present in theircute looks on the vamps of the shoes to make the patterned shoes sold athigher price to upgrade their market competition strength.

The vamp and its lower edge of the present invention through theinjection molded animation of animal, figure or any other forms givesthe patterned shoes 3D effects, more life-like and cuter. Therefore, anapplication for a utility patent is duly filed accordingly.

It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or twoor more together may also find a useful application in other types ofmethods differing from the type described above.

While certain novel features of this invention have been shown anddescribed and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intendedto be limited to the details above, since it will be understood thatvarious omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the formsand details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be madeby those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spiritof the present invention.

1. A method of manufacturing a vamp for a patterned shoe comprisingsteps of: preparing a mold for a vamp, the molds being provided withshapes of the vamp and three dimensional patterns of animals, plants orfigures; and injecting melted colored plastic material into the cavityof the mold to form an integral vamp.
 2. A structure of a patterned shoecomprising a vamp which is integrally made and provided with soliddecorative patterns.
 3. The structure of a patterned shoe as claimed inclaim 2, wherein said vamp is positioned at a front portion of a shoe.4. The structure of a patterned shoe as claimed in claim 2, wherein saidvamp is arranged at a front portion of a shoe and extends from two sideportions to a rear portion of the shoe.